Microchipping cows
OPINION: Should cows in NZ be microchipped?
Farm nutrient supplier, Ballance Agri-Nutrients will pay farmer shareholders an extra $20/tonne in rebate for the 2017 financial year.
Ballance Agri-Nutrients chief executive Mark Wynne says the agri-business sector needs to make sure decisions are based around science and not just emotion.
New Zealand's shift from a pasture-based model to high feed-input dairy farms will come under the microscope in a joint research project.
With predictions the El Nino will continue through summer, Ballance says now is the time to proceed with a pasture and stock feed programme.
OPINION: Should cows in NZ be microchipped?
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